Sugar-cane carrier.



No.. 643,558. Patented Feb. I3, |900. .1. E. TALLET.

SUGAR GANE CARRIER.

(Application led June 7, 1899.)

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No. 643,558. Patented Feb. I3, |900.v

J. E. TALLET.

SUGAR GANE CARRIER.

(Application filed June 7, 1899.) (N0 Model- 2 sheets-sheet 2.

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Nrrnn STATES Jos nLieIo TALLET,

OF MATANZAS, CUBA.

SUGAR-CANE CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,558, dated February13, 1900.

Application iiled lTime 7, 189 9.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Joslin ELIeIo TALLET, of Matanzas, Cuba, haveinvented a new and Improved Sugar-Cane Carrier, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

' My invention relates to an improvement in devices forhandling and dumpingsugar-cane, and comprises the novel features which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the frame of my carrier. Fig. 2 is aplan View thereof, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing a load of canesuspended upon the carrier.

The object of my invention is to enable a load of cane which has beenplaced within a sling or series of slings composed of chains or cablesto be automatically dumped by the movement of the carrier. work A isprovided, which has means for securing the ends of the slings theretowhich pass beneath the cane. This framework is also provided withsuitable means by which it may be suspended either from a crane ora carwhich runs upon an overhead track. The framework is provided withinclined braces or bars B, located at each end and connected with themain body of the frame by means of upright bars D, which are centrallyplaced at each end and which form guides for thelongitudinally-extending bar E, which has a vertical movement, by meansof which the tripping mechanism is actuated to dump the load. A shaft Lis journaled in the upper end of the braces B and has wheels or sheavesL upon the ends thereof, said sheaves being grooved and receiving ropesL2, by which the device is suspended.

Upon the opposite side bars of the frame A are the means by which theslings are attached to the frame. These means consist of staples K,which are secured to the frame and which have alternately hooks I-I andrings J secured thereto, each ring forming a part of a chain G, which iseither of sufficient length to pass entirelybeneath the cane or whichhas a section F of cable or rope attached thereto. These sections F ofthe cable or A suitable frame- Serial No. 719,668. (No model.)

chain constitute slings upon which the cane is piled to form a load andwhich may be and preferably are made detachable from the chains G andhooks I-I. The hooks H are clearly shown in Fig. 3 and have each a shortchain I attached thereto and extending up- Wardly to the longitudinalbar E. The hooks H and chains I are alternately located on oppositesides of the frame, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. The cane M is piledupon the slings F or in such manner that these slings or chains may beplaced beneath the cane, and these slings are then secured to the frameA, and the load is then hoisted and conveyed to the point Where it isdesired to dump it. At this point two fixed supports() are provided,consisting of a framework of any suitable shape and at such an elevationand width that the frame A may pass between the upper ends thereof 'andnormally at a slight distance above it. The bar E, which is verticallymovable upon the guide-bars D, has its ends projecting beyond the framea sufficient distance to engage the supports C when the frame is loweredbetween them. When this is done, the bar E is moved upward relative tothe frame A, which results in drawing the hooks H toward the center ofthe frame, thus casting off the chains G and permitting the cane to bedumped. Only one end of the slings is thus released, and when the frameis hoisted and removed the slings are automatically drawn from beneaththe cane. The removal of the slings from beneath the cane by hand isthus obviated, saving considerable time and trouble. The dumping of thecane is also automatically accomplished and without any increase in theamount of labor.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A cane carrying and dumping device,comprising aseries of slings or cables adapted to pass beneath the cane,a supporting-frame therefor, having detachable connection with one endof each sling, and a fixed connection with the other, a tripping deviceconnected with said detachable connections, and a fixed object adaptedto engage and operate the tripping device when the frame is lowered,substantially as described.

2. A cane carrying and dumping device,

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comprising a frame having a movable tripping member, a series of chainsor cables snpported by their ends from said frame, the connection of oneend of each of said chains or cables with the frame containing areleasing device, connections from said releasing device to the trippingmember, and a iixed support adapted to engage said tripping member,substantially as described.

3. A cane carrying and dumping device,'

comprisinga series of slings, a releasing member adapted to engage andsupport one end of each sling, a trip-actuating member, and a tripoperatively connected with the releasing member and adapted to beactuated by engagement with said trip-actuating member when the deviceis lowered, substantially as described.

4. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprising a frame, a series ofslings and means for securing said slings to the frame, the part of saidmeans connecting with one end of each sling containing a releasingmember, a bar mounted to have vertical movement upon the frame andhaving its ends projecting beyond the frame, a fixed trip-actuatingmember adapted to engage the ends of the said vertically-movable barwhen the frame is lowered, and operative connections from said bar tothe releasing members, substantially as described.

5. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprisinga frame having verticalguides, a bar slidable vertically on said guides and projecting at itsends beyond the frame, a fixed object adapted to be engaged by saidprojecting ends when the frame is lowered, a series of slings, means forattaching one end of said slings to the sides of the frame, hookssecured to the frame and adapted to receive the other ends of theslings, and connections between the vertically-sliding bar and saidhooks, whereby the hooks will bc swung to release the slings when thedevice is lowered to engage the ends of the sliding bar with said fixedobject, substantially as described.

6. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprising a frame havingvertical guides, a bar slidable in said guides and projecting at itsends beyond the frame, a iiXed object adapted to be engaged by saidprojecting ends when the frame is lowered, a series of slings, means forattaching one end of said slings to the side of the frame, hooks securedto the frame and adapted to receive the other ends of the slings, andchains or similar means connecting the hooks and the sliding bar,whereby the hooks Will be swung to release the slings When the device islowered to engage the ends of the sliding bar upon the iixed object,substantially as described.

'7. A cane carrying and dumpingv device having a sling and means forsupporting its ends, the means atone end having detachable engagementwith the sling, and a verticallysliding releasing device havingconnections controlling the said engagement, and a fixed member adaptedto engage said releasing device to actuate it when the load is lowered.

Vitnesses:

D. RUBAR, J. C. PoNTo.

